The Future of Community and Mobility Week
Sustainability of museums - The future of museums in rapidly changing communities
World Expo Museum
World Expo Museum (WEM) and the International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific (ICOM-ASPAC) wish to collaborate on a symposium on sustainable museum development to explore museums' critical role in advancing sustainable development. The symposium will bring together museum professionals, scholars, and policymakers from the Asia-Pacific region, particularly from the museum field in Japan, to discuss how museums can play an active role in social, cultural, environmental, and economic sustainability.
Discussion
- intangible heritage, youth power, new tech, local community revitalisation
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Track Programme
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2025.05.25[Sun]
18:00 ～ 20:00
(Venue Open 17:30)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
The topics of the symposium will echo the theme of 2025 International Museum Day," The future of museums in rapidly changing communities”. The symposium will create a space for sharing and exchange in terms of museums' social functions and responsibilities, cultural diversity and inclusiveness, digitalization and sustainable development. Through case studies and discussions, the symposium will explore the local relevance of museums in different cultural contexts and the role they play in promoting sustainable development, based on the 5P themes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Partnership, People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace). As a participant of Expo 2025 Osaka, the WEM hopes to build a platform for exchange and dialogue among international museum sector at this highly international event in Japan, focusing on the positive role of museums in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, encouraging museums to become community leaders and catalysts for change, and contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
Cast
Moderator
An Laishun
ICOM-ASPAC, Shanghai University
Professor of Shanghai University, Academic Leader and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management of Shanghai University, Chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Alliance of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Director of ICOM's Centre for Research and Communication, and Vice-President of the China Association of Museums (CAM).
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Speakers
CHANG Inkyung
Iron Museum，Korea，ICOM
CHANG Inkyung is the director of the Iron Museum in Korea and the Vice-President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). She also serves as the Chairperson of the National Museum Foundation of Korea, a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Intangible Heritage and the President of the Korean Society of Museum Studies. Trained in arts, archaeology, and museum studies, she has promoted and advocated museums and the profession while running a museum for over 25 years.
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LIU Wentao
World Expo Museum
LIU Wentao is the director of World Expo Museum and also the Vice Chairman of the Exhibition Exchange Committee of the Chinese Museum Association. She served as deputy director of Shanghai Museum, deputy director of Nanjing Museum, assistant director of the Palace Museum (one-year posting). She has various significant roles in museum administration and cultural exchange, contributing to the development and promotion of museum exhibits and cultural heritage in China.
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Deborah Tout-Smith
Museums Victoria,Australia, ICOM Executive Board, ICOM SAREC Committee
Deborah Tout-Smith is an Executive Board Member of ICOM (2022-25) and ex-officio Board Member of ICOM-ASPAC (2022-25). She is Senior Curator, Home & Community, in the History & Technology Department of Museums Victoria, Australia. She has curated major exhibitions including World War I: Love & Sorrow (2014), and curates home & community, military history, clothing & textiles and childhood collections.
Deborah sits on the Advisory Board of the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage at the University of Melbourne (2020-25) and the Board of the History Council of Victoria (2021- ).
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Kérya Chau Sun
ICOM Cambodia, ICOM-ASPAC
Kerya Chau Sun is the chair of ICOM Cambodia.
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MA Lin
Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts
MA Lin，Associate Professor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Deputy Director of Shanghai University Art Museum
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Co-organiser
World Expo Museum
ICOM-ASPAC
The Future of Community and Mobility Week
Sustainability of museums - The future of museums in rapidly changing communities
World Expo Museum (WEM) and the International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific (ICOM-ASPAC) wish to collaborate on a symposium on sustainable museum development to explore museums' critical role in advancing sustainable development. The symposium will bring together museum professionals, scholars, and policymakers from the Asia-Pacific region, particularly from the museum field in Japan, to discuss how museums can play an active role in social, cultural, environmental, and economic sustainability.
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2025.05.25[Sun]
18:00～20:00
(Venue Open 17:30)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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